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Migraine and Depression: Shared Genetics

by James on 12 May 2010

We know that migraine and depression are comorbid – they often go together.  But why?  Does one cause the other?  Do they cause each other?  Or is there a shared factor causing both? Migraine and Depression – a common combination Researchers in the Department of Neurology at the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands [...]

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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine 1 – Not Always the Same

by James on 31 March 2010

Familial Hemiplegic Migraine 1 (FHM1) is a rare type of migraine related to the gene locus CACNA1A.  Common to FHM1 are speech, visual and sensory disturbances, headache, and loss of coordination (read more about Familial Hemiplegic Migraine here). DNA display atOxford University Natural History MuseumPhoto courtesy of net efekt The fascinating thing about migraine that [...]

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Vitamin B2, Migraine, and Genetics

by James on 8 June 2009

Now we’re getting somewhere. Recently Dr. Alexander Mauskop of the New York Headache Center reported on an Italian study related to migraine and genetics.  Genetics holds a lot of promise when it comes to understanding what migraine is, and how to treat it.  But we still have a long way to go. But this study [...]

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Migraine with Aura: the Gene that increases Stroke Risk?

by James on 14 August 2008

There’s been a lot of conversation about last month’s report on a genotype known as methyleneterahydrofolate reductase, or MTHFR 677TT.  If you’ve read any of the reports, you may be as confused as I was at first, but let’s take a closer look. There has been a lot of research into the connection between stroke [...]

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Genetic mutations, migraine auras, and epilepsy

by James on 12 July 2008

Genetic research into migraine continues to suggest directions of treatment that haven’t been widely considered before.  The latest studies out of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the USA are doing just that, and also increasing interest in studying links between migraine and epilepsy. Here’s the story in brief.  The study is about a rare [...]

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